One more side here perhaps. Maybe the problem isn't lazy admins. Maybe as mentioned already they don't care or do not understand.

I have another theory here. When I worked for a computer tech support line. (not saying who's sorry) We answered questions for new pc owners. Usually they were very general questions. Everynow and then you got to walk a user through flashing the bios or something like that. In order to work for this place you had to take a pc knowledge test. The average person got a 35% on this test. Well below average. I scored in the top 15% of the company. I got a job off the floor, I got to help the idiots they hired to help the people whom called in. My job would of been much easier if they had just called me in the first place. The folks answering the phones knew nothing more than the end users calling in. This company believed as many schools believe. You can take a set of questions and answers, with the right search options anybody can be a technician or an admin. I'd like to see these fuqs apply this to something like brain surgery.

Point of my story is this. Computer work requires a passion. Some people picked up a keyboard when they were very young. Some left highshcool knowing how to get on the internet and check their email. The outcome after the two go to college for example is very obvious. While this may not hold water in some cases, it boils down to this. If you are to be succesful, you must love what you do.

be safe and stay free